Garment-hook.



No- 827,885. PATENTED' AUG. '7, 1906. F. D. SCOTT.

GARMENT HOOK.

, APPLIOATION IILED MAR.31,1905.

Witnesses;

FREDERICK D. SCOTT, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

GARMENT-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906.

Application filed March 31, 1905. Serial no. 253,081.

T at whom it vii/my concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK DOUGLAS SCOTT, a subject of the King of Great Britain,

' residing at 96 St. Peter street, in the city of Montreal, in the District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hooks, of-which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to improvements in garment-hooks; and the object of the invention is to devise a hook which shall obviate the troubles incident to the accidental unfastening of a hook and whereby the hook will remain substantially the same shape notwithstanding any pressure which may be brought on the garment during the process of cleaning or shaping; and it consists, essentially, of a length of sheet metal doubled over, having lips extending from one fold thereof into proximity with the other fold and means for stiffening, the general arrangement and construction being as hereinafter moreparticularly described.

In the drawings, Figure'l is a perspective view of my hook attached to a garment with the eye of the hook in place ready to be clasped. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the length of sheet metal stamped out to form the hook. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the hook, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the hook. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hook detached from the cloth. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the staple detached from the cloth.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

a is the length of sheet metal having the opening I) at one end to lighten the weight thereof. The metal a is doubled over to form the folds c and d, of which 0 is the hook and cl the plate to secure the hook to the garment.

e is a lip extending downwardly into proximity to the plate at from the edge of the hook c, and f is a lip extending downwardly into proximity to the plate at intermediate of the width of said hook c. The lip f is formed by turning over the metal from the arc-shaped cut in the hook 0 made to form the opening 9. The lips e and f form rests for the hook c on the plated to .guard against the flattening out of the hook, besides adding to the security of the fastening. {2} k h is a dent in outer end of the hook c and serves to narrow the outer surface and at the u the o ening between the end of the hook and the p ate.

i represents dents made across the backbone or bend of the metal and may be in any suitable number according to the stiffening required in the particular metal used in the construction of the hook. 1

7' represents sewing-holes in the plate portion of the hook and so arranged that on inserting the plate portion between the folds of cloth the hook maybe securely sewed to the garment.

The salient features of this invention are the narrowing of the space between the hook and the plate in order that a good grip may be taken of the cloth between said hook and plate and the arrangement of rests and dents to prevent the flattening out and consequent destruction of the hook on the pressing of the garment to which the hook is attached. The dents in the bend of the metal materially stiffen the same and combined with the downwardly-extending lips from the hook portion most effectually keep the hook in a good state of preservation.

In attaching the hook to garments, such as trousers, the plate portion d is inserted between the folds Z and m of the cloth forming the trousers, thus bringing the fold Z between the said plate d and the lips e and f of the hook portion 0. Thebase portions n of the staple or strap is are also inserted between the folds Z and m on the opposite side of the trousers-opening, leaving the staple or strap 7c projecting beyond the outer surface of the fold Z. To bring the parts to be fastened together, the hook c is drawn through the staple 7c beyond the lips e and f, so that the said lips abut the fold m, and thus retain the staple in place while the fastening remains closed.

That I claim as myinvention is .A garment-hook comprising a length of metal doubled over to form hook and plate portions, said hook portion having an open- ,ing therethrough and a lip extending down- Wardly from the edge of said opening and a l treal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dodent adjacent to the outer end of the hook, I minion of Canada, this 25th day of March,

and a plurality of inward indentations ar- 1905. ranged at the turn and at right angles to the v FRED. D. SCOTT.

5 bend of the double metal, as and for the purl Witnesses:

pose specified. I LLOYD BLACKMORE,

I B. HERGER.

' Signed at Montreal, in the district of Mon- 

